"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."

                            -Matthew 5:5 

Meekness is defined by the dictionary as being humble and submissive. No, meekness is not weakness. If you think it is, then trying being meek for a week and you'll see otherwise. In fact, meekness is a sign of great inward strength and self-control, not weakness and cowardice as many people tend to believe.

"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves."

                            -Philippians 2:3

Part of being meek is doing as Paul admonished the Philippians and esteeming others to be "better than ourselves." This doesn't mean we should be self-deprecating or insecure; it means we ought to realize how little we really have to offer God, and thus don't go around pretending like we're better than everyone else.

In I Timothy 1:15, Paul confessed that he viewed himself as the chief of sinners. What an example of meekness! Instead of talking about his many great accomplishments, such as the churches he'd established and the sacrifices he had made for the sake of the Gospel, he focused on his inadequacy and the fact that he didn't deserve "the least of God's mercies." (see Genesis 32:10) Likewise, we shouldn't get so caught up in admiring our successes that we forget all of our failures.

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

                            -Numbers 12:3

Out of all the godly men and women throughout Scripture, few were used in a mightier way than Moses. I believe that is because, as this verse says, he had mastered the art of being meek. Nobody upon the face of the earth was more meek than he was, and so God used him to lead His chosen people out of captivity. In the same way, if we want to be used by God, all pride, arrogance, and haughtiness must go and meekness must take their place.